Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
विषयेंद्रिय संयोगो योग इत्यप्यपंडितैः । विषयासक्तचित्तानां ज्ञानं मोक्षश्च दूरतः
viṣayeṃdriya saṃyogo yoga ityapyapaṃḍitaiḥ | viṣayāsaktacittānāṃ jñānaṃ mokṣaśca dūrataḥ
অপণ্ডিতেরা ইন্দ্রিয়ের সঙ্গে বিষয়ের সংযোগকেও ‘যোগ’ বলে; কিন্তু যাদের চিত্ত বিষয়াসক্ত, তাদের জ্ঞান ও মোক্ষ দূরেই থাকে।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contrast scene: on one side, a distracted pilgrim chasing pleasures at the ghats; on the other, a restrained yogin turning senses inward, with a calm aura.
FAQs
Yoga is not sensory indulgence; attachment to objects obstructs both true knowledge and liberation.
The verse belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī discourse, reinforcing the city’s mokṣa-oriented renunciant ideal.
No ritual is prescribed; the practical instruction is non-attachment (vairāgya) and guarding the mind from sense-clinging.